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I have just had the pleasure of relieving Tim (dodgnofski) of his Squire Mini Precision bass. What a wicked little bit of kit. I contacted Tim and told him that I wanted it but as I was just about to go on holiday he was happy to sit on the deal until I returned last Friday. It was a faultless financial transaction and the instrument arrived today well packed and exactly as described. If the situstion arises I will have no hesitation in dealing with him again.

The first music shop I encountered was George Potter in Aldershot in 1963. They were mainly involved in providing instruments for military bands but hada few guitars and basses. It was there that I bought my first real bass, a Framus Star bass. The following year a brand new shop opened just 10 miles away in Guildford called Andertons, and the rest is history. I also remember visiting Monkey Business in Romford when I happened to passing on business. Not strictly a music shop but I bought my first real amp, a Linear 30, from Radio Component Specialists (RCS) in Croydon. That was followed by 4 Bakers Group 25 speakers which were fitted into a cabinet the same size as a Marshall 4 x12. When I briefly worked in London in 1965 I used to break my journey from Waterloo to Islington at Leicester Square and walk up Tottenham Court Road gazing into Macaris and all the other music shops, especially the shop under Centre Point. Alas I had no spare money for any more gear then.

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If you like Sadowsky build and tone then find one of these Metros. Plenty of thump. It's been my go to for over 10 years.

Actually I used the board as is last night at rehearsal. I was not aware of any noise and no-one else mentioned anything although it was in true bypass all evening.

Not had a chance to check it out fully yet but I'll report back if anything untoward occurs.

Finally got an answer to this problem from Line 6. Seems like it is a known software bug which the development team are aware of. It would appear that this has been known about for quite some time but they have done nothing about it. Their suggestion was to try a different PC, so I instlled the software onto Mrs OBBM's laptop and it worked just fine. My HX One is now up to date. 🙂

My work here is done - for now. Having considered putting an HX Stomp on my board I finally opted for an HX One on the basis that I rarely use effects and then only one at a time. Also swapped out the Mooer baby tuner for a Boss TU-2. It all runs from a battery.

I recently bought a Line 6 HX One and need to update the firmware to v3.80. According to Line 6 I need to use their HX Central software which I have downloaded and installed however when trying to run it I get an error message saying that “Line 6 Central cannot run with Administrator Privileges”. So far I have confirmed that the ”Run as Administrator” box is unchecked in the shortcut and the .exe Properties but that has not helped. I have also tried creating a non-Administrator User Account on the PC and still nothing. Has anyone come across this problem and found a fix because it is really annoying me? BTW HX Edit for my Stomp works fine but I also get the same problem with HX Librarian.

In the past I have had fretless MIJ Fender Jazz, a Godin A5 and a Rob Allen Mouse. About 3 years ago I bought a Sterling SB14 which I had converted to fretless by Julyan Wallis, the Guitar Doctor. For a long time I never had the courage to play fretless live but eventually did it with my last band.

Don't know how I missed this in 2011. First Bass: Framus Star Bass, short scale, 1964 Go To Bass: Sadowsky Metro Hybrid PJ My Bass: Sadowsky Metro Hybrid PJ